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Do we really know anything? (i.imgur.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

My go to response is usually “what do you mean by that?” Generally people say stuff like that to imply it’s impossible to “know” anything. But does it really matter if this is a dream or not?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    “Dream” concept leaves us in total chaos without even a theoretical chance to figure out how things work.

    I disagree. There’s no reason the scientific method (observe, question, hypothesize, experiment, record data, draw conclusions) can’t be applied in dreams.

    Just because your dreams aren’t consistent or logical doesn’t mean it’s impossible to have a logically consistent dream.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    This is my thought. If we’re living in some dreamscape, why is physics so ruthlessly inflexible?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Maybe it's not. Maybe we are all tiny parts of same consciousness that creates the dream, which makes it consistent based on our shared expectations, or shared subconscious, or whatever connection it is that makes us one. Or something along these lines.

    That would explain the consistency without relying upon rigid materialist laws.

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